Today's News

A Leland councilman has been arrested and charged with domestic violence.

According to Leland Police Chief Timothy Jayne, Herbert Barnes, a Leland councilman, was arrested Saturday, March 19, and charged with assault on a female and domestic violence.

Jayne said police officers were dispatched to a 911 call for service involving a report of domestic violence last Saturday. After officers spoke with the victim and gathered evidence concerning the alleged assault, police located and arrested Barnes, who was taken to the Brunswick County Detention Center.

SHALLOTTE—The Ninth Annual Brunswick Islands Home and Garden Show unfolds this weekend at West Brunswick High School in Shallotte.

The two-day event is open from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 26, and Sunday, March 27.

General admission is $5, and children 8 and younger are admitted free.

In its ninth year, the event will feature a variety of exhibitors and classes. Those who attend the home and garden show can talk with landscapers and experts from local nurseries. Live plants and flowers will be available for purchase.

The Aggressive Criminal Enforcement (ACE) Team is a support unit, whose primary functions are traffic enforcement and assisting in the apprehension of drug traffickers in the county. The ACE team conducts driving while impaired and driver’s license checkpoints, as well as street-level investigations on controlled substances.
The ACE team works with the sheriff’s office K-9 Enforcement Team and Drug Enforcement Unit to apprehend narcotics suspects as well as saturating hot spots where criminal activity is reported.

BOLIVIA—The National Weather Service (NWS) has teamed up with Brunswick County Emergency Services to bring SKYWARN and Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) training to Brunswick County.

RALEIGH—N.C. State Sen. Bill Rabon, R-Southport, was one of a handful of state senators who signed on as sponsor or co-sponsor of a government transparency bill the North Carolina Press Association has called “powerful.”

Senate Bill 344, the Government Transparency Act of 2011, was filed in the state Senate Monday, March 14.

The bill was fittingly filed during Sunshine Week, a weeklong event March 13-19 celebrating freedom of information and the public’s right to know.